Super Junior Tag League

The Super Junior Tag League is a professional wrestling tag team tournament held by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).

Super Junior Tag League trophy

Established in 2010, but preceded by the G1 Climax Junior Heavyweight Tag League in 2001 (won by El Samurai and Jushin Thunder Liger), it is the junior heavyweight equivalent of the World Tag League for heavyweight tag teams.[1] From 2010 to 2017, it was named the Super Junior Tag Tournament and followed a single-elimination format, before becoming the Super Junior Tag League in 2018, switching to a round-robin format. Since the tournament's inception, there were two years were the tournament didn't take place, first in 2011, and then on 2020 (due to NJPW largely changing their tournament schedules during the COVID-19 pandemic).

Super Junior Tag Tournament (2010-2017)
Tournament Year Winner SJTT won
(team)		 SJTT won
(individual)		 Final Venue Ref.
Super J Tag Tournament2010El Samurai and Koji Kanemoto11 + 1[2]
Super Jr. Tag Tournament2012Time Splitters
(Alex Shelley and Kushida)		11 + 1[3]
Super Jr. Tag Tournament2013The Young Bucks
(Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)		11 + 1[4]
Super Jr. Tag Tournament2014reDRagon
(Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly)		11 + 1[5]
Super Jr. Tag Tournament2015Matt Sydal and Ricochet11 + 1Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium[6]
Super Jr. Tag Tournament2016Roppongi Vice
(Beretta and Rocky Romero)		11 + 1Edion Arena Osaka[7]
Super Jr. Tag Tournament2017Roppongi 3K
(Sho and Yoh)		11 + 1Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium[8]

2010

Super J Tag Tournament was a one-night professional wrestling tournament hosted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling and took place on May 8.[9] Most of the wrestlers involved were signed to New Japan but did feature wrestlers from other promotions like Mascara Dorada and Valiente from Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, Kota Ibushi from Dramatic Dream Team, Fujita Hayato and Taro Nohashi from Michinoku Pro Wrestling, and Kushida from Smash.[10]

El Samurai and Koji Kanemoto defeated Apollo 55 (Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi) to win the tournament and become IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions.

Results
Round 1 Semifinals Finals
         
Fujita Hayato & Taro Nohashi Pin
Jushin Thunder Liger & Nobuo Yoshihashi 10:51[2]
Fujita Hayato & Taro Nohashi Sub
El Samurai & Koji Kanemoto 12:45[2]
El Samurai & Koji Kanemoto Sub
Davey Richards & Tama Tonga 10:50[2]
El Samurai & Koji Kanemoto Pin
Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi 21:27[2]
Gedo & Kushida Pin
Austin Creed & Kota Ibushi 13:18[2]
Gedo & Kushida Pin
Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi 11:36[2]
Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi Pin
Mascara Dorada & Valiente 7:59[2]

2012

Super Jr. Tag Tournament 2012 was a two-night professional wrestling tournament hosted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling. The preliminary round took place on October 21 and the semi final and final took place on November 2.[11] The tournament utilized wrestlers mostly signed to New Japan but also included Negro Casas from Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, Taka Michinoku from Kaientai Dojo, and freelancer Brian Kendrick.[12]

Time Splitters (Alex Shelley and Kushida) defeated Apollo 55 (Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi) to win the tournament and become the number one contenders to the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.[13] They challenged the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Forever Hooligans (Alex Koslov and Rocky Romero) to a title match at Power Struggle on November 11.

Results
Round 1 Semifinals Finals
         
Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask Pin
Alex Koslov & Rocky Romero 9:28[14]
Alex Koslov & Rocky Romero Pin
Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi 9:19[3]
Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi Pin
Brian Kendrick & Low Ki 10:03[14]
Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi Pin
Alex Shelley & Kushida 16:42[3]
Alex Shelley & Kushida Pin
Jado & Gedo 13:26[14]
Alex Shelley & Kushida Pin
Taichi & Taka Michinoku 8:13[3]
Bushi & Negro Casas Pin
Taichi & Taka Michinoku 10:24[14]

2013

The 2013 Super Jr. Tag Tournament was a two-night professional wrestling tournament hosted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling. The preliminary round took take place on October 25 and the semi final and final on November 6.[15] The debuting Young Bucks won the tournament and on November 9 at Power Struggle, defeated Taichi and Taka Michinoku to also win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.

Results
Round 1 Semifinals Finals
         
Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask Pin
Jado & Gedo 9:16[16]
Jado & Gedo Pin
The Young Bucks 9:31[4]
Beretta & Brian Kendrick Pin
The Young Bucks 10:35[16]
The Young Bucks Pin
Forever Hooligans 19:13[4]
Kushida & Yohei Komatsu Pin
Bushi & Valiente 9:37[16]
Bushi & Valiente Pin
Forever Hooligans 10:28[4]
Forever Hooligans Pin
Taichi & Taka Michinoku 9:06[16]

2014

The 2014 Super Jr. Tag Tournament was a four-night professional wrestling tournament hosted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling. The preliminary round took place on October 25, the semifinals on November 1 and 2 and final on November 3.[17] For the third year in a row, the tournament's winning team, reDRagon, went on to also capture the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship at Power Struggle.

Results
Round 1 Semifinals Finals
         
Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask Pin
The Young Bucks 8:32[18]
The Young Bucks Pin
El Desperado & Taichi 12:04[19]
Fuego & Ryusuke Taguchi Pin
El Desperado & Taichi 12:19[18]
The Young Bucks Pin
reDRagon 15:04[5]
Time Splitters Pin
Forever Hooligans 15:43[18]
Forever Hooligans Pin
reDRagon 15:03[20]
Bushi & Máscara Dorada Pin
reDRagon 10:21[18]

2015
Ricochet and Matt Sydal upon winning the tournament in 2015

The 2015 Super Jr. Tag Tournament is a three-night professional wrestling tournament hosted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling. The preliminary round took place on October 24, the semifinals on November 1 and final on November 7 at Power Struggle.[21]

Results
Round 1 Semifinals Finals
         
Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask Pin
reDRagon 10:24[22]
reDRagon Pin
Roppongi Vice 20:06[23]
Roppongi Vice Pin
Chase Owens & Kenny Omega 13:11[22]
Roppongi Vice Pin
Matt Sydal & Ricochet 16:06[6]
Máscara Dorada and Ryusuke Taguchi Pin
The Young Bucks 11:08[22]
The Young Bucks Pin
Matt Sydal & Ricochet 12:05[23]
Time Splitters Pin
Matt Sydal & Ricochet 18:48[22]

2016
Roppongi Vice upon winning the tournament in 2016

The 2016 Super Jr. Tag Tournament was a four-night professional wrestling tournament hosted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling. The preliminary round took place on October 21 and 25, the semifinals on October 30 and final on November 5 at Power Struggle.[24]

Results
Round 1 Semifinals Finals
         
Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask Sub
Fuego & Ryusuke Taguchi 9:55[25]
Fuego & Ryusuke Taguchi Pin
Roppongi Vice 15:26[26]
Ángel de Oro & Titán Pin
Roppongi Vice 12:55[25]
Roppongi Vice Pin
ACH & Taiji Ishimori 18:49[7]
David Finlay Jr. & Ricochet Pin
Gedo & Will Ospreay 8:47[27]
David Finlay & Ricochet Pin
ACH & Taiji Ishimori 15:57[26]
ACH & Taiji Ishimori Pin
The Young Bucks 17:40[25]

2017
Roppongi 3K upon winning the tournament in 2017

The 2017 Super Jr. Tag Tournament was a four-night professional wrestling tournament hosted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling. The preliminary round took place on October 23 and 29, the semifinals on October 30 and final on November 5 at Power Struggle.[28]

Results
Round 1 Semifinals Finals
         
Hirai Kawato & Kushida Pin
Roppongi 3K 12:39[29]
Roppongi 3K Pin
Bushi & Hiromu Takahashi 20:34[30]
Dragon Lee & Titán Pin
Bushi & Hiromu Takahashi 20:20[29]
Roppongi 3K Pin
ACH & Ryusuke Taguchi 15:51[8]
Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask Pin
El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru 17:28[31]
El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru Pin
ACH & Ryusuke Taguchi 17:06[30]
ACH & Ryusuke Taguchi Pin
Taichi & Taka Michinoku 18:42[31]

Super Junior Tag League (2018-present)
Tournament Year Winner SJTL won
(team)		 SJTL won
(individual)		 Final Venue Ref. Total won
(team)		 Total won
(individual)
Super Jr. Tag League2018Roppongi 3K
(Sho and Yoh)		11 + 1Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium[32]22 + 2
Super Jr. Tag League2019Roppongi 3K
(Sho and Yoh)		22 + 2Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium[33]33 + 3

2018

The 2018 Super Jr. Tag League was a thirteen-night professional wrestling tournament hosted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling. It featured eight teams in a single block. Block matches were held from October 16 to November 1, 2018 with the first and second placed teams advancing to the final, on November 3, at Power Struggle. Due to a three-way tie at the top of the standings, the final was a three-way tag team match between the qualified teams.

Final standings
Yoshinobu Kanemaru and El Desperado 10
Bushi and Shingo Takagi 10
Sho and Yoh 10
Taiji Ishimori and Robbie Eagles 6
Kushida and Chris Sabin 6
ACH and Ryusuke Taguchi 6
Jushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask 4
Volador Jr. and Soberano Jr. 4
ResultsBushi
Takagi		Liger
Tiger		Kushida
Sabin		ACH
Taguchi		Volador
Soberano		Sho
Yoh		Ishimori
Eagles		Kanemaru
Desperado
Bushi
Takagi		 —Liger
Tiger
(10:30)		Bushi
Takagi
(16:53)		Bushi
Takagi
(12:20)		Bushi
Takagi
(13:42)		Bushi
Takagi
(21:18)		Bushi
Takagi
(14:00)		Kanemaru
Desperado
(18:04)
Liger
Tiger		 Liger
Tiger
(10:30)		—Kushida
Sabin
(10:20)		ACH
Taguchi
(12:42)		Liger
Tiger
(11:06)		Sho
Yoh
(11:33)		Ishimori
Eagles
(11:04)		Kanemaru
Desperado
(11:55)
Kushida
Sabin		 Bushi
Takagi
(16:53)		Kushida
Sabin
(10:20)		—Kushida
Sabin
(13:58)		Kushida
Sabin
(10:32)		Sho
Yoh
(15:18)		Ishimori
Eagles
(12:31)		Kanemaru
Desperado
(14:40)
ACH
Taguchi		 Bushi
Takagi
(12:20)		ACH
Taguchi
(12:42)		Kushida
Sabin
(13:58)		—Volador
Soberano
(10:33)		ACH
Taguchi
(18:33)		Ishimori
Eagles
(13:33)		ACH
Taguchi
(13:17)
Volador
Soberano		 Bushi
Takagi
(13:42)		Liger
Tiger
(11:06)		Kushida
Sabin
(10:32)		Volador
Soberano
(10:33)		—Sho
Yoh
(11:55)		Volador
Soberano
(8:56)		Kanemaru
Desperado
(12:32)
Sho
Yoh		 Bushi
Takagi
(21:18)		Sho
Yoh
(11:33)		Sho
Yoh
(15:18)		ACH
Taguchi
(18:33)		Sho
Yoh
(11:55)		—Sho
Yoh
(10:50)		Sho
Yoh
(13:14)
Ishimori
Eagles		 Bushi
Takagi
(14:00)		Ishimori
Eagles
(11:04)		Ishimori
Eagles
(12:31)		Ishimori
Eagles
(13:33)		Volador
Soberano
(8:56)		Sho
Yoh
(10:50)		—Kanemaru
Desperado
(10:02)
Kanemaru
Desperado		 Kanemaru
Desperado
(18:04)		Kanemaru
Desperado
(11:55)		Kanemaru
Desperado
(14:40)		ACH
Taguchi
(13:17)		Kanemaru
Desperado
(12:32)		Sho
Yoh
(13:14)		Kanemaru
Desperado
(10:02)		—
Final
   
1 Sho and Yoh Pin
1
1 		Bushi and Takagi
Kanemaru and Desperado 		15:55

2019

The 2019 Super Jr. Tag League is a fifteen-night professional wrestling tournament hosted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling. It features eight teams in a single block, with the first and second placed teams advancing to a final. Block matches were held from October 16 to November 1, 2019, on the Road to Power Struggle tour, and the final was held on November 3, 2019, at Power Struggle.[33]

Final Standings
El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru 10
Sho and Yoh 10
Taiji Ishimori and El Phantasmo 10
Will Ospreay and Robbie Eagles 8
Volador and Titán 8
Ryusuke Taguchi and Rocky Romero 8
TJP and Clark Connors 2
Tiger Mask and Yuya Uemura 0
ResultsSho
Yoh		Ishimori
Phantasmo		Desperado
Kanemaru		Ospreay
Eagles		Taguchi
Romero		Volador
Titán		Tiger
Uemura		TJP
Connors
Sho
Yoh		 —Sho
Yoh
(17:28)		Desperado
Kanemaru
(15:28)		Sho
Yoh
(21:15)		Taguchi
Romero
(23:12)		Sho
Yoh
(16:25)		Sho
Yoh
(16:10)		Sho
Yoh
(13:31)
Ishimori
Phantasmo		 Sho
Yoh
(17:28)		—Desperado
Kanemaru
(15:36)		Ishimori
Phantasmo
(22:17)		Ishimori
Phantasmo
(15:58)		Ishimori
Phantasmo
(14:22)		Ishimori
Phantasmo
(11:36)		Ishimori
Phantasmo
(11:13)
Desperado
Kanemaru		 Desperado
Kanemaru
(15:28)		Desperado
Kanemaru
(15:36)		—Desperado
Kanemaru
(16:24)		Taguchi
Romero
(13:43)		Volador
Titán
(12:03)		Desperado
Kanemaru
(14:55)		Desperado
Kanemaru
(12:18)
Ospreay
Eagles		 Sho
Yoh
(21:15)		Ishimori
Phantasmo
(22:17)		Desperado
Kanemaru
(16:24)		—Ospreay
Eagles
(22:13)		Ospreay
Eagles
(10:58)		Ospreay
Eagles
(11:33)		Ospreay
Eagles
(15:30)
Taguchi
Romero		 Taguchi
Romero
(23:12)		Ishimori
Phantasmo
(15:58)		Taguchi
Romero
(13:43)		Ospreay
Eagles
(22:13)		—Volador
Titán
(13:57)		Taguchi
Romero
(12:32)		Taguchi
Romero
(15:37)
Volador
Titán		 Sho
Yoh
(16:25)		Ishimori
Phantasmo
(14:22)		Volador
Titán
(12:03)		Ospreay
Eagles
(10:58)		Volador
Titán
(13:57)		—Volador
Titán
(12:58)		Volador
Titán
(12:24)
Tiger
Uemura		 Sho
Yoh
(16:10)		Ishimori
Phantasmo
(11:36)		Desperado
Kanemaru
(14:55)		Ospreay
Eagles
(11:33)		Taguchi
Romero
(12:32)		Volador
Titán
(12:58)		—TJP
Connors
(15:06)
TJP
Connors		 Sho
Yoh
(13:31)		Ishimori
Phantasmo
(11:13)		Desperado
Kanemaru
(12:18)		Ospreay
Eagles
(15:30)		Taguchi
Romero
(15:37)		Volador
Titán
(12:24)		TJP
Connors
(15:06)		—
Final
   
1 Desperado and Kanemaru 14:13
2 Sho and Yoh Pin[33]

See also

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